Couple arrested after they were found with the phone of a kidnapped and murdered woman

A couple, Mr and Mrs Adibe have been arrested 
after they were caught in possession of a phone belonging 
to late Mrs. Amaka Okere who was kidnapped and
 murdered in Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area 
of Imo State According to the man, Emeka Adibe, the 
phone was given to him by is wife, Monica.

The couple were paraded alongside other suspects
 arrested for committing various crimes at the Imo 
State Police Command in Owerri, yesterday.

Speaking on the arrest, the state’s Commissioner of
 Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, said:

“You will recall that on March 1, Mrs Amaka Okere, aged
45, of Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo
State, was kidnapped and murdered. Investigations are in
progress. Emeka Adibe and Monica Adibe were arrested
on June 15 in Rivers State and the victim’s telephone
handset recovered from them"

However while speaking to ERICGOSSIP affiliate, 
Juliet Ita reporting from Imo, Mrs Adibe said she got the
phone from her twin sister’s husband.

“I am a native of Arochukwu in Abia State; I am married
with two kids. I went for her child dedication in
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. “While preparing to return home,
my sister’s husband gave me a phone. I did not know it
was not his. When I returned home, my husband saw the
phone, took it and started using it; the Police arrested
him. I came to ask why he was arrested and the Police
also arrested me.”

Narrating his own side of the story, Mr Emeka Adibe, 
said:

“I swear, I don’t know anything about the phone. It is my
wife that brought it and the police saw it and arrested
me. This phone has put me in trouble.”